Combined yarn holder and darner



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Mar 13 1923 T. O. AKED COMBINED YARN HOLDER AND DARNER v Filed Aug. 26, 1921 Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

THOIVIAS OSWALD AKED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINED YARN HOLDER AND DARNER.

Application filed August 26, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS O. AKED, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at 1067 Ossington Avenue, in the city of Toronto, in the county of York, and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Yarn Holders and Darners; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to a combined yarn holder and darner consisting broadly of a stand comprising a base, having an annular recess in its top surface and an arbor projecting vertically from the center of the recess, combined with a removable reel comprising a spindle rotatably mounted upon the arbor having at one end a disk of substantially the same diameter and depth as the recess in the base of the stand, the disk being preferably of ovoidal cross-section.

For an understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a central vertical section of the device.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3, is an inverted view of the reel when utilized as a stocking darner.

In the drawings 1 represents the base of the stand having a central recess 2 in its top surface and 3 represents an arbor projecting centrally from the recess. 4 represents the spindle of the reel having at its lower end a disk 5 of ovoidal cross-section and a rounded edge 6.

The spindle 4 and the disk 5 are centrally bored as shown at 7 for the reception of the arbor 3, on which the reel is loosely revoluble.

hen used as a yarn holder, the spindle 4: is thrust through the center of the yarn ball and the reel is then mounted upon the stand with the arbor 3 entered in the bore 7 A slight pull on the yarn, when knitting or crocheting, causes the reel and its yarn ball to revolve and unwind the yarn as it is needed.

WVhen the device is used as a stocking darner the reel is removed from the stand and the disk 5 is inserted in that part of the Serial No. 495,633.

stocking to be darned, distending the fabric sufficiently for the purpose.

Yarn taken from a mechanically or manually wound ball, when not provided with a yarn holder, easily becomes tangled during the unwinding, but with a yarn holder such as herein described, the yarn ball retains its shape until the unwinding is completed and all danger of tangling is avoided, by the cross-sectional ovoidal shape of the disc 5 which maintains the bottom of the yarn ball above the edge of the disc and prevents the yarn entering between the edge of the disc and the wall of the central recess 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A combined yarn holder and darner consisting of a stand comp-rising a base having an annular recess in its top surface and an arbor projecting vertically from. the center f the recess, combined with a removable reel comprising a spindle rotatably mounted upon the arbor having at one end a disk of ovoidal cross-section seated in the recess of the base.

2. A combined yarn holder and darner consisting of a stand, comprising a base having an annular recess in its top surface and an arbor projecting vertically from the center of the recess, combined with a removable reel comprising a hollow spindle rotatably mounted upon the arbor, having at one end a disk of substantially the same diameter and depth as the recess in the base of the stand, the disk being of ovoidal crosssection.

3. A combined yarn holder and darner comprising a stand consisting of a base having a central recess in its top surface and an arbor projecting centrally from the recess, and a reel consisting of a spindle having at its lower end a disk of ovoidal crosssection and a rounded edge of corresponding diameter to the central recess in the base of the stand, said disk and spindle having a central bore 00- receive the arbor.

Dated at the city of Toronto, this 24th day of August, A. D. 1921.

THOMAS OSWALD AKED.

In the presence of STANLEY RICHIE, CHAS. H. RICHIE. 

